North Korea: Latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack
Source: AP
By KIM TONG-HYUNG today
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said Monday it simulated a nuclear attack on South Korea with a ballistic missile launch over the weekend that was its fifth missile demonstration this month to protest the largest joint military exercises in years between the U.S. and South Korea.
The Norths leader Kim Jong Un instructed his military to hold more drills to sharpen the war readiness of his nuclear forces in the face of aggression by his enemies, state media reported.
The South Korean and Japanese militaries detected the short-range missile being launched Sunday into waters off the Norths eastern coast, which reportedly came less than an hour before the U.S. flew long-range B-1B bombers for training with South Korean warplanes. The North characterizes the U.S.-South Korea exercises as a rehearsal to invade, though the allies insist they are defensive in nature. Some experts say the North uses the exercises as a pretext to advance its weapons programs.
Pyongyangs official Korean Central News Agency said the missile, which flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles), was tipped with a mock nuclear warhead. It described the test as successful, saying that the device detonated as intended 800 meters (yards) above water at a spot that simulated an unspecified major enemy target, supposedly reaffirming the reliability of the weapons nuclear explosion control devices and warhead detonators.
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maxsolomon
(33,310 posts)You rescued and then let this insane dynasty fester for decades, and for what? To be a thorn in the sides of Japan and the US.
Now they have nukes and ICBMs.
cstanleytech
(26,283 posts)materials and tech for the missles so as to keep the Western nations off balance and distracted.
In fact I would also not be surprised if those nuke tests detected in the North were nukes that Russia or China setup and detonated for the same reason.
cstanleytech
(26,283 posts)both in tech and the materials for these missles so as to keep the Western nations distracted.
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)Nobody wants your shithole country, Kim.